North Tyneside Council

North Tyneside Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Steve Cox,
Labour
since 16 May 2024[1]
Norma Redfearn,
Labour
since 6 May 2013
Paul Hanson
since August 2018[2]
Structure
SeatsElected mayor plus 60 councillors
Political groups
Administration (51)
  Labour (51)
Other parties (9)
  Conservative (8)
  Independent (1)
Joint committees
North East Combined Authority
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
Quadrant East, 16 The Silverlink North, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE27 0BY
Website
my.northtyneside.gov.uk

North Tyneside Council, or North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the North East Combined Authority since 2024.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011. It is based at Quadrant East in Cobalt Park, a large business park in the centre of the borough.

  1. ^ Shakespeare, Austen (17 May 2024). "New North Tyneside Council chairman elected who has served 26 years as councillor". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ^ Holland, Daniel (22 June 2018). "Who is Paul Hanson? Meet North Tyneside Council's new chief executive". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 27 March 2024.